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Downtown restaurant files for Chapter 11 protection again

Four years later, Mitsuta Chow’s has paid off 75% of its original debtors, but also gained additional debt during the pandemic, the owners said.
Credit: Misuta Chow's

BUFFALO, N.Y. — For the second time since 2020, Misuta Chow's has filed for voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

The downtown Buffalo restaurant, which remains open and operating at 521 Main St., filed with the courts on Jan. 5 under Lucky Rabbit LLC, its parent company. It cited current assets of less than $100,000 and liabilities of nearly $400,000.

Owned by Christi Allen and John “Johny Chow” Bechtel, the Asian fusion restaurant/arcade opened in summer 2018, specializing in Japanese street food. It ran into trouble less than two years later, pointing to “bad choices” on its first Chapter 11 filing in March 2020 – a week prior to the start of the pandemic.

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